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RUBBER GLOVE.

(Application filed May 2, 1898.)

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CHARLES E. LONGDEN, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE SEAMLESS RUBBER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

RUBBER GLOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,741, dated October 18, 1898.

Application filed May 2, 1893. $erial No. 679,4.88. (N specimens.)

part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure 1, an inside or plan View of a glove embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a sectional view through one of the fingers thereof; and Fig. 3, a sectional view similar to that shown 111 Fig. 2, illustrating one of the present constructions.

This invention relates to an improvement in rubber gloves, and particularly to such as are Worn by surgeons and students in performing surgical operations or in dissecting. I-Ieret-ofore gloves for this purpose have been formed from rubber-coated fabric, the seams of which are overlapped, and hence the fingers, and particularly at the ends, have been so thick as to interfere with the work of the wearer, preventing him from picking up small articles or instruments with his fingers. To overcome this,the gloves have been made with the hand and finger portions formed from thin rubber; but the strain upon the hand in putting them on and removing them and when at Work is so great that they very soon break.

The object of this invention is to produce a strong glove which will thoroughly protect the hand, yet permit the wearer to have the free use of the ends of his fingers; and it consists in forming the hand portion from rubber-coated fabric and the fingers and thumb ends from thin rubber, as Will be more fully hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claims.

As herein shown, the hand portion A of the glove and the lower portion 13 of the fingers and thumb are formed from rubbercoated fabric in the usual manner for forming rubber gloves, and to these lower ends B are attached fingers C and thumb C,the lower ends of which overlap the portions B,to which they are secured, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to become an'integral part thereof. These ends are'constructed of thin rubber, the edges of which are abutted and secured together n the well-known manner of forming seamless rubber articles, and so that the thickness of the finger portions is not increased at the ends, but is uniform throughout. These fingers are made shorter than the actual length of the fingers of the wearer, so that as the glove is drawn on the fin ger-tips will be tightly 6o stretched over the fingers and thumb and while fully protecting the fingers will permit their easy manipulation, and as the rubber is so thin the sense of feeling is not materially interfered with, so that small articles or inhand portions and so that the finger portions may be more conveniently formed may be made, and therefore do not wish to be understood as claiming either as my invention; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A rubber glove having the finger-tips integral with but of lighter material than the hand portion of the glove, substantially as described.

2. A rubber glove comprising a hand portion formed from rubber-coated material and seamless rubber fingers of lighter material than the said hand portion, to which they are permanently secured substantially as de scribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES E. LONGDEN.

Witnesses:

FRED. G. EARLE, LILLIAN D. KELsEY. 

